Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/17/03

SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0004 - Caskey - Creates the Antiterrorism Fund and Fight Terrorism license plate
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0007 - Mathewson - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Pettis County
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0014 - DePasco - Revises maximum allowable salary for certain Kansas City police officers
02/17/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0029 - Gross - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections to Floor-Consent

SB 0055 - Nodler - Alters the name, and residency requirements for members of the Board of Regents, of Missouri Southern State College
02/17/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0056 - Nodler - Allows cooperative agreements between higher education institutions for the purpose of offering graduate programs
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Education Committee to
Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0068 - Childers - Modifies provision regarding refunds of ambulance and fire protection district sales tax
02/17/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0097 - Russell - Non-attorneys may represent corporations in certain state proceedings
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0101 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to establish a municipal court system to prosecute ordinance violations
02/17/03 -- S Third Read and Passed-Consent

SB 0108 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections to Floor - Consent

SB 0117 - Shields - Modifies law as it relates to driveaway operations and land improvement contractor's commercial motor vehicles
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 0121 - Caskey - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning provisions
02/17/03 -- S Third Read and Passed-Consent

SB 0122 - Caskey - Enables the assessor in third class counties to make certain entries to the assessor's book after delivery of the book
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0143 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
02/17/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0167 - Russell - Modifies jurisdiction for election contests involving the offices of circuit and associate judge
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0168 - Quick - Creates a $150,000 death benefit for public safety officers killed in the line of duty
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0174 - Childers - Limits paddlesport outfitters liability
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0184 - Bartle - Allows the sexual offender registry to be posted on the Internet
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0203 - Bartle - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Juriprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0210 - Steelman - Commissioners of the family court must be elected except where the nonpartisan court plan is used
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0213 - Bartle - Modifies Supreme Court Rule 23 to allow interlocutory appeals in class actions
02/17/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0214 - Bartle - Modifies witness fees
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0216 - Foster - Allows members of the Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society to obtain special license plates
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0221 - Steelman - Prohibits the PSC from imposing any restrictions on high- speed Internet or broadband service
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
Continued from 2-11-03

SB 0239 - Mathewson - Authorizes conveyance of National Guard Armory in Sedalia to the Sedalia School District Foundation
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0242 - Yeckel - Limits the amount of a supersedeas bond an appellant is required to post while an appeal is pending to $25 million
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee with SCA 1 (0983S01.02S)

SB 0246 - Steelman - Modifies provisions for Public Service Commission residency, staffing, and ex parte communications
02/17/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered (Gibbons)
02/17/03 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered &
adopted (Jacob)
02/17/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/17/03 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)
02/17/03 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered (Jacob)
02/17/03 -- SA 1 to SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
02/17/03 -- SA 3 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/17/03 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & defeated (Bland)
02/17/03 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & ruled out of
order (Griesheimer)
02/17/03 -- SA 6 to SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
02/17/03 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/17/03 -- Perfected

SB 0279 - Scott - Establishes a licensing system for manufactured housing setup contractors
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0288 - Dolan - Changes the time for the owner of lost property to prove property from one year to 90 days after publication
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee - Consent (1051S.03C)

SB 0289 - Dolan - Names the portion of Highway 71 within Jasper County the "Trooper Charles P. Corbin Memorial Highway"
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0292 - Yeckel - Limits disclosure of credit card account numbers on sales receipts provided to cardholder
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com. to Floor-Consent
02/17/03 -- S Consent Calendar (2/17)

SB 0301 - Bray - Increases maximum lateral sewer service repair fee to be imposed from $28 to $50 per year
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0303 - Gibbons - Authorizes licensed ground ambulance services in St. Louis County to provide critical care ambulance service
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0310 - Caskey - Revises the partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company laws
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0314 - Dolan - Repeals a doubly-enacted section regarding the towing of motor vehicles from private property
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0330 - Caskey - Allows child support orders to be sent to employers by regular or certified mail
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0357 - Shields - Modifies venue for administrative actions involving real property
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0370 - Foster - Allows political subdivisions to enter into agreements for reciprocal emergency aid without approval of the governor
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0372 - Yeckel - Regulates the licensing and registration of naturopathic physicians
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee-Consent

SB 0379 - Champion - Allows the City of Springfield to remove or transfer real property from a district or zone designation
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0383 - Dolan - Modifies duties of county recorder in manner of recording certain documents
02/17/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0400 - Bray - Sets speed limits within school zones and requires drivers to use care with respect to pedestrians and bicyclists
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0401 - Dolan - Modifies the definition of crime under Chapter 595, RSMo
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

SB 0404 - Nodler - Makes manufacturing a controlled substance within 2,000 ft. of a school a class A felony
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0465 - Bartle - Modifies judicial finance commission annual report
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

SB 0466 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to charges in criminal cases
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- SCS Voted Due Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee (Consent) (1636S.02C)

SB 0474 - Bartle - Modifies procedure for changing surcharge amounts in civil case filings
02/17/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent
02/17/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0475 - Jacob - Creates the "Video Gaming Machine Network" to generate revenue for higher education
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0482 - Kennedy - Allows certain fire protection districts to continue to serve areas that have been annexed into the city of DeSoto
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0483 - Gross - Enables certain land trusts to be exempt from property taxation
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0484 - Shields - Allows members or alumni of Alpha Phi Omega to obtain specialized license plates
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0485 - Shields - Allows public hospitals in Clay County to close certain records and meetings
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0486 - Dolan - Extends various types of automobiles insurance coverage to loaned or demonstration vehicles
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0487 - Dolan - Modifies certain court fees associated with court reporters
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0488 - Dolan - Eliminates an appeal of a determination of whether a person is a sexually violent predator
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0489 - Dolan - Increases the surcharge from $2 to $3 in each criminal case
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0490 - Dolan - Requires alcohol related reports submitted by law enforcement officers to be certified
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0491 - Scott - Requires the department of transportation to submit to arbitration in certain contract disputes
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0492 - Scott - Revises the registration of a commercial interior designer
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0494 - Klindt - Eliminates DNR fee funds and sweeps balance to general revenue
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0495 - Yeckel - Lowers speed limits on trucks and prohibits trucks from driving in the left-hand lane on certain highways
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0496 - Yeckel - Allows biennial licensing for certain finance companies
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0498 - Yeckel - Modifies provisions relating to jury service
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0499 - Bartle - Reduces salaries of members of the General Assembly for FY2004 to a sum equal to 97% of their FY2003 salary
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0500 - Loudon - Removes the aggregate cap for the adoption tax credit program
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0501 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in department of transportation projects
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0502 - Vogel - Creates the Exhibition Center and Recreation Facility District Act for certain counties
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0503 - Jacob - Allows certain teachers who job-share to receive creditable service for retirement and pro-rata leave and holidays
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0505 - Clemens - Limits taking farmland by eminent domain
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0506 - Clemens - Includes the use of lasers within the definition of dentistry
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0507 - Bray - Seeks to repeal the Academically Deficient Schools Program
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0508 - Bray - Modifies provisions concerning industrial development
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0509 - Bray - Requires the labeling of bottled water
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0510 - Kinder - Extends the expiration date for the federal reimbursement allowance program for hospitals
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0512 - Russell - Relating to issuance of revenue bonds by state board of public buildings
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0513 - Kennedy - Relating to paid vacation of St. Louis City police for members
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0514 - Kennedy - Relating to the regulation and licensing of professional addiction counselors
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SB 0515 - Bland - Relating to licensing of nurses
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SJR 018 - Coleman - Enables the legislature to issue bonds for education purposes
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SJR 019 - Clemens - Relating to limitation of power of the general assembly
02/17/03 -- S First Read

SJR 020 - Bray - Modifies powers and duties of the state highways and transportation commission
02/17/03 -- S First Read

HB 0401 - Pratt - Revises provisions for the issuance of tobacco securitization bonds
02/17/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee